When Jane Austen penned her novels of love and courtship in the early 1800s, she wrote about a world that is utterly foreign to most of us. Unmarried ...

As students from all over the country begin returning to their campuses, moving into their dorms and catching up with old friends, the students at Virginia Tech have a different set of tasks. They too ...

The Quaker meetinghouse I attended as a child had four rooms. The large, boxy room in the middle was for worship and held rows of padded black folding ...

A friend of mine just left her husband. She told me that she had been unhappy in the marriage for a long time but couldn't find a way ...

In a recent print "interview" with USA Today, Homer Simpson explains his theology this way: "Every time I see my sweet girl Lisa, I believe in God. Every time ...

At the base of the Taos mountains, a fragmented tree, victim of a lightning strike. As I ...

Yesterday I was stalked by Jane Austen. Every corner I turned at my local bookstore, there she was—her name emblazoned across titles in the New Fiction and New Non-Fiction ...

There has been considerable dismay, especially among Protestants, regarding the document issued on July 10th by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). Rev. Astrid Joy ...

An Anglican Priest on what effect the Vatican's recent statement will have on practical ecumenism It seemed fitting that I was scheduled to share a meal with a Roman ...

Our readers sound off on Dr. Christine Whelan's latest Pure Sex, Pure Love column Readers responded from around the world with great passion to last week's column ...

From rings to registries and videographers to wedding planners, getting married is an estimated $161 billion industry in the U.S. But preparing for lifelong commitment often seems to fall ...

Most of us can identify certain teachers or mentors who have had a profound impact on our lives. The same can be said for particular books that have shaped our view ...

When Michelangelo and Da Vinci were working the Catholic Church embraced contemporary art as a form of prayer. These days the institutional church is more likely to condemn contemporary ...

One of Western civilization's worst follies involves men in robes—women too—chanting and gesticulating like they're trying to lure the Great Kong—only what they're up to is even more bizarre: ...

June 29th marks the feast day dedicated to the founders of the church of Rome: Saints Peter and Paul. The observance is an ancient one, but this year ...

Current events in a country bridging Europe and Asia are offering an important object lesson about the Muslim world: it is not monolithic, and there are significant forces for ...

Pop quiz: May a Catholic couple get married on the beach? May the bride boogie down the aisle to a modern tune? Bemused? Things are changing fast in the ...

In just a few weeks, more than 500 Catholic singles will head to San Diego, California for a weekend of panel discussions, socializing and prayer about the vocation ...

Seattle has never been known as the epicenter of faith, religion or spirituality in the U.S., but for four days from May 31 to June 3 faith ...

There's an old Yiddish saying: "If you want to hear God laugh, just tell Him your plans." As far as my own life's concerned, these days, ...